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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2da8588f4f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +git-cvsexportcommit(1) +====================== + +NAME +---- +git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +'git cvsexportcommit' [-h] [-u] [-v] [-c] [-P] [-p] [-a] [-d cvsroot] + [-w cvsworkdir] [-W] [-f] [-m msgprefix] [PARENTCOMMIT] COMMITID + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Exports a commit from GIT to a CVS checkout, making it easier +to merge patches from a git repository into a CVS repository. + +Specify the name of a CVS checkout using the -w switch or execute it +from the root of the CVS working copy. In the latter case GIT_DIR must +be defined. See examples below. + +It does its best to do the safe thing, it will check that the files are +unchanged and up to date in the CVS checkout, and it will not autocommit +by default. + +Supports file additions, removals, and commits that affect binary files. + +If the commit is a merge commit, you must tell 'git-cvsexportcommit' what +parent the changeset should be done against. + +OPTIONS +------- + +-c:: + Commit automatically if the patch applied cleanly. It will not + commit if any hunks fail to apply or there were other problems. + +-p:: + Be pedantic (paranoid) when applying patches. Invokes patch with + --fuzz=0 + +-a:: + Add authorship information. Adds Author line, and Committer (if + different from Author) to the message. + +-d:: + Set an alternative CVSROOT to use. This corresponds to the CVS + -d parameter. Usually users will not want to set this, except + if using CVS in an asymmetric fashion. + +-f:: + Force the merge even if the files are not up to date. + +-P:: + Force the parent commit, even if it is not a direct parent. + +-m:: + Prepend the commit message with the provided prefix. + Useful for patch series and the like. + +-u:: + Update affected files from CVS repository before attempting export. + +-w:: + Specify the location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. This + option does not require GIT_DIR to be set before execution if the + current directory is within a git repository. The default is the + value of 'cvsexportcommit.cvsdir'. + +-W:: + Tell cvsexportcommit that the current working directory is not only + a Git checkout, but also the CVS checkout. Therefore, Git will + reset the working directory to the parent commit before proceeding. + +-v:: + Verbose. + +CONFIGURATION +------------- +cvsexportcommit.cvsdir:: + The default location of the CVS checkout to use for the export. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +Merge one patch into CVS:: ++ +------------ +$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git +$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout +$ git cvsexportcommit -v <commit-sha1> +$ cvs commit -F .msg <files> +------------ + +Merge one patch into CVS (-c and -w options). The working directory is within the Git Repo:: ++ +------------ + $ git cvsexportcommit -v -c -w ~/project_cvs_checkout <commit-sha1> +------------ + +Merge pending patches into CVS automatically -- only if you really know what you are doing:: ++ +------------ +$ export GIT_DIR=~/project/.git +$ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout +$ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v +------------ + +Author +------ +Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others. + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@catalyst.net.nz> and others. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |